Anthony MD Posted January 6 Share #61 Posted January 6 Advertisement (gone after registration) 55 minutes ago, Mrpete said: Looks like the the OP has left the building. He’s probably busy buying the MD 262…📷 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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m-d262 Posted January 6 Author Share #62 Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Mrpete said: Looks like the the OP has left the building. In what regard? I posted in this thread 15 hours ago. I have this tab open which I assume is what shows me as active, however, I am not glancing at it every moment of the day. With regard to the German eBay sale, I am in talks with the seller. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6 Share #63 Posted January 6 41 minutes ago, Anthony MD said: He’s probably busy buying the MD 262…📷 Funnily enough that was my thought as well! 😸 Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf_ZG Posted January 6 Share #64 Posted January 6 38 minutes ago, m-d262 said: In what regard? I posted in this thread 15 hours ago. I have this tab open which I assume is what shows me as active, however, I am not glancing at it every moment of the day. With regard to the German eBay sale, I am in talks with the seller. Please buy it, so it takes away my temptation… 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6 Share #65 Posted January 6 Just out of curiosity... The last occasion a 'New Batch' serial number for the M-D Typ-262 turned up - as far as the dedicated thread on that subject is concerned - was all the way back in July 2021(!). Does this suggest that it might be fair to assume - unless any new info comes to light - that the estimate of there having been fifteen batches produced is quite likely to be correct? Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted January 6 Share #66 Posted January 6 1 hour ago, m-d262 said: In what regard? I posted in this thread 15 hours ago. I have this tab open which I assume is what shows me as active, however, I am not glancing at it every moment of the day. With regard to the German eBay sale, I am in talks with the seller. Talk is cheap, buy the camera before someone else does…📷 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-d262 Posted January 6 Author Share #67 Posted January 6 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, Anthony MD said: Talk is cheap, buy the camera before someone else does…📷 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
setuporg Posted January 6 Share #68 Posted January 6 Can't help reading this topic's title as the Hunt for the Red October! Or the Red Dot-less, screen-less October. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6 Share #69 Posted January 6 10 minutes ago, setuporg said: Can't help reading this topic's title as the Hunt for the Red October! Or the Red Dot-less, screen-less October. Good film! The Russian captain had a most convincing Scottish accent... Philip. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted January 6 Share #70 Posted January 6 39 minutes ago, setuporg said: Can't help reading this topic's title as the Hunt for the Red October! Or the Red Dot-less, screen-less October. Did you say red…🚩 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/418230-the-hunt-for-an-m-d-262/?do=findComment&comment=5735200'>More sharing options...
Datsch Posted January 6 Share #71 Posted January 6 4 hours ago, pippy said: Just out of curiosity... The last occasion a 'New Batch' serial number for the M-D Typ-262 turned up - as far as the dedicated thread on that subject is concerned - was all the way back in July 2021(!). Does this suggest that it might be fair to assume - unless any new info comes to light - that the estimate of there having been fifteen batches produced is quite likely to be correct? Philip. I agree we have most likely now seen all the batches. I make it 16 batches: batch number of cameras sighted 49824xx 10 49829xx 2 49830xx 16 49871xx 2 49872xx 14 49875xx 17 49876xx 17 49986xx 11 49987xx 12 49988xx 1 51429xx 12 51430xx 5 51501xx 15 5150200 1 51504xx 11 51537xx 3 This could mean a total of 1600 cameras made. Though TBH I would not be suprised if some batches were not made out to the full 100 units, so that total could easily be less. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsch Posted January 6 Share #72 Posted January 6 6 hours ago, pippy said: I'm not sure whether it adds much but if Datsch wishes to add another camera mine was bought NOS / Ex-Demo (with all paraphernalia) from the London dealership as mentioned on the 18th December 2019 for £3,490 which, at today's exchange rate, works out to be $4,360. Thanks for that I actually had that on my spreadsheet from your earliers post but did not put it on my graph as 2019 is so much earlier than my other data it would have made a lot of empty space Also it was a new / exdemo price rather than second hand. I’d’ve also used the 2019 exchange rate 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-d262 Posted January 6 Author Share #73 Posted January 6 42 minutes ago, Datsch said: I agree we have most likely now seen all the batches. In my search, I have come across: 4987564 4987571 4987612 4998713 5150153 5150491 5150520 (this one doesn't seem to be on your list unless I misread) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsch Posted January 6 Share #74 Posted January 6 22 minutes ago, m-d262 said: 5150520 (this one doesn't seem to be on your list unless I misread) Yes, you have found a new batch, that’s great, thank you. Now we perhaps are 1700 total. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
setuporg Posted January 6 Share #75 Posted January 6 So just 3x more than the Edition 60! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6 Share #76 Posted January 6 1 hour ago, setuporg said: So just 3x more than the Edition 60! Clearly you were born to be an Accountant rather than an Arithmetician!......😸...... Philip. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleybob Posted January 7 Share #77 Posted January 7 (edited) I have an M-D that I may sell this Spring as I am looking to buy a Monochrome M. I used it today and really enjoyed the experience but I am just not using it enough and I find I have been converting most my images to BxW so I thought I might give a Monochrome a try. My serial number is 49872XX series if that indicates where that was in the batches mentioned earlier. I will surely post on the forum first before trying eBay unless I do a trade in to save the sales tax difference on the new camera. I have to do a little research on if I am would prefer the M10 or M11 Mono. How do you determine how many actuations a shutter has? I looked in the metadata in my edit program. It has serial number and other data, but no total frame count. I remember there was a program I used for my Canons to determine frame count. Edited January 7 by harleybob 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsch Posted January 7 Share #78 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, harleybob said: How do you determine how many actuations a shutter has? There is no program or firmware way of knowing this AFAIK. The image numbering resets every 10,000 shots. You can’t reset the image numbering in a menu (there are no menus). If you have owned the camera since new you can say that the number of actuations is the same as the image filename. (or more if you have cycled 10k) IMHO if you have been round the clock with your odometer as it were in normal M-D use it takes many months of actual shooting trips to take 10,000 shots (M-D shooters tend not to be ‘spray and pray’) and there would be tiny traces of brassing on the camera. The black paint comes off rather easily So one can guess if the camera image filename says 5000 and the camera is really mint, then it may be 5,000 actuations. Of course it could also be 15000, 25000 etc etc . Then again I have seen several M-D’s with rather a lot of brassing and in patterns that suggest it had been done deliberately las a decorative effect … Hope that helps or confuses … 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleybob Posted January 7 Share #79 Posted January 7 8 hours ago, Datsch said: There is no program or firmware way of knowing this AFAIK. The image numbering resets every 10,000 shots. You can’t reset the image numbering in a menu (there are no menus). If you have owned the camera since new you can say that the number of actuations is the same as the image filename. (or more if you have cycled 10k) IMHO if you have been round the clock with your odometer as it were in normal M-D use it takes many months of actual shooting trips to take 10,000 shots (M-D shooters tend not to be ‘spray and pray’) and there would be tiny traces of brassing on the camera. The black paint comes off rather easily So one can guess if the camera image filename says 5000 and the camera is really mint, then it may be 5,000 actuations. Of course it could also be 15000, 25000 etc etc . Then again I have seen several M-D’s with rather a lot of brassing and in patterns that suggest it had been done deliberately las a decorative effect … Hope that helps or confuses … Then I am in the 2500 shutter trip range. 519 of them where yesterday as I was shooting still for a film shoot. So 20% of my usage was in one day....the rest of the time I carried it and shot a frame here and there. My bottom plate has a bit of brassing but mostly on my fake shutter crank grip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony MD Posted January 8 Share #80 Posted January 8 An MD 262 from Japan Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/418230-the-hunt-for-an-m-d-262/?do=findComment&comment=5736110'>More sharing options...
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